NO pictures BUT our folding non-waterproof 220w solar panel now has survived lots of snow storms and now thick ice from the recent western New York (WNY) ice storm! It's been on our front awning at the wrong slant to the sun [hoping to fix this angle in Spring if that ever arrives], but there's a tiny bit of freezing water dripping from above, and the wattage input to the solar battery has increased from yesterday's 2watts to now even springing UP to 8watts even under a mostly cloudy sky with outside temps of freezing and less at night for some months!
Sure, it's a tiny input wattage from the sun BUT it IS charging our solar batteries and I'll happily take any wattage instead of no wattage at all, or the alternative of plugging it in to AC power, which is what we purchased these panels and batteries to avoid!!
How are YOU powering your devices and electronics? We know that one of our three 300w solar batteries will power our TV up to almost six hours, and that's about how long we watch the tube in a normal day. The only reason I am still not buying a higher wattage battery is that it'll require double the time to charge via our use of sun-power!
NO images to illustrate the system we use, BUT we are happy we finally quit talking about it, and actually do something about it. Granted, we may not be getting much now BUT something is better than nothing, and we are on our way to sunpowering more devices and appliances. Also, we are learning how to utilize our batteries in powering various household items.
It's just a matter of time! HOW are you planning for your solar-powered future?
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